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Optimized lactoferrin as a highly promising treatment for intracerebral hemorrhage: Pre-clinical experience.


ABSTRACT: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is the deadliest form of stroke for which there is no effective treatment, despite an endless number of pre-clinical studies and clinical trials. The obvious therapeutic target is the neutralization of toxic products of red blood cell (RBC) lysis that lead to cytotoxicity, inflammation, and oxidative damage. We used rigorous approaches and translationally relevant experimental ICH models to show that lactoferrin-(LTF)-based monotherapy is uniquely robust in reducing brain damage after ICH. Specifically, we designed, produced, and pharmacokinetically/toxicologically characterized an optimized LTF, a fusion of human LTF and the Fc domain of human IgG (FcLTF) that has a 5.8-fold longer half-life in the circulation than native LTF. Following dose-optimization studies, we showed that FcLTF reduces neurological injury caused by ICH in aged male/female mice, and in young male Sprague Dawley (SD) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). FcLTF showed a remarkably long 24-h therapeutic window. In tissue culture systems, FcLTF protected neurons from the toxic effects of RBCs and promoted microglia toward phagocytosis of RBCs and dead neurons, documenting its pleotropic effect. Our findings indicate that FcLTF is safe and effective in reducing ICH-induced damage in animal models used in this study.

SUBMITTER: Zhao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7747168 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Optimized lactoferrin as a highly promising treatment for intracerebral hemorrhage: Pre-clinical experience.

Zhao Xiurong X   Kruzel Marian M   Ting Shun-Ming SM   Sun Guanghua G   Savitz Sean I SI   Aronowski Jaroslaw J  

Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 20200521 1


Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is the deadliest form of stroke for which there is no effective treatment, despite an endless number of pre-clinical studies and clinical trials. The obvious therapeutic target is the neutralization of toxic products of red blood cell (RBC) lysis that lead to cytotoxicity, inflammation, and oxidative damage. We used rigorous approaches and translationally relevant experimental ICH models to show that lactoferrin-(LTF)-based monotherapy is uniquely robust in reducin  ...[more]

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